Seminole Attaches Strings To Shopping Center Approval

September 12, 1985|By Ann Moore of The Sentinel Staff

SANFORD — After asking for the developer to contribute toward buying an aerial fire truck and providing police protection in Lake Mary and unincorporated Seminole County, county commissioners this week approved a shopping center proposed outside of Lake Mary.

The Hardy-Lieb Development Corp. of Longwood has proposed the 359,000- square-foot shopping center on 47 acres along Lake Mary Boulevard just east of Lake Emma Road.

Commissioners asked Hardy-Lieb to contribute about $17,600 toward an aerial fire truck and $24,800 to be divided between the Lake Mary police and the Seminole County sheriff's departments.

The developers also must pay transporation impact fees, which will be calculated based on the amount of traffic the project will create. The project's first phase is expected to begin next month and the last phase is expected to be completed in May 1987.

The Lake Mary shopping center is a development of regional impact, which required approval from the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council before the commissioners acted on the project.

Commissioners also approved the Hidden Harbour Marina project at the Port of Sanford. The 2-acre marina has 173 boat slips, a clubhouse, swimming pool and retail stores. The project was about 90 percent complete when the state Department of Community Affairs notified project representatives that the marina was a development of regional impact and required review by the regional planning council and the county.

Seminole County withheld occupancy permits on 74 of the slips until the reviews are done. The planning council had approved the project before the county saw it.

In other business this week commissioners approved interim increases in water and sewer connection rates. The water connection fee for a single-family residence will rise from $425 to $850 and the sewer fee for the single-family home from $1,400 to $1,800. The fees will be in effect for up to a year while the county and developers study the county's overall water and sewer needs. The fees could be adjusted after the study is completed.